re: McKinney policeman suspended after pulling gun on teens, etc....

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Cops show up. Person who invited me was unauthorized to do so. Am I going to get arrested for trespassing?

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If you fail to leave after being told by officers and the rent a cop you likely will be considered trespassing.

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If the cops tell you to leave and you don't, yes.

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Am I not allowed on a public street? That's asinine.

Not sure why everyone keeps harping on this happening "on a public street." There is a video, you might have seen it along with a gazillion other people, that clearly shows they were on the grass inside the sidewalk near the pool fence. We can get into semantics on public right of way, servitudes and such but unless McKinney Texas hasn't joined us in the first world with paved roadways that grass wasn't a street.

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This can't be asked to leave the street argument has to be a troll at this point.

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I figured he's either naïve, stupid or being a troll.

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1. mother and daughter 'promoted' this party not just for the neighborhood residents, but invited the general public. 2. they did not reserve to pool/park for the party thus other residents were also using the facilities. 3. the mother and daughter attempted to charge admission fees to the party. 4. the DJ that they hired tweeted out the location for the party and invited the general public to the private neighborhood pool. People mostly teen started arriving and began to harass the residents using the pool. 5. the residents called the police, and the smallest police officer in Texas showed up.... downhill from there.

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Are these against the law?

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Blacks are encouraged to be defiant of authority and police specifically. We saw it in Missouri. We saw it in Baltimore. The aftermath is only reinforcing this absurd perspective.

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But this doesn't sound like a racist comment.

I'm black. Did I miss the meeting where we were told to defy authority and police?

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he would have been fine had he not flipped his shite and tossed that girl to the ground by her neck.

that level of force really wasn't needed.

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I agree but ! -he did give her 3 warnings

Apparently she thought it was optional to leave.

I have no tolerance for illegal parties on private property

America is stupid

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This can't be asked to leave the street argument has to be a troll at this point.

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It's pretty clear they don't understand loitering laws. They seem to think people can just hang out in the middle of the street just because it's "public".

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Am I not allowed on a public street? That's asinine.

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I'm talking about the pool. I thought that's what you were talking about when you asked about the invitations.

As far as the street goes, yes and no.

Again, I'm not saying that the angry cop handled that situation properly by any means. But the kids that were not suppose to be there were also in the wrong. It's not a public pool. Also, loitering and being a disruption in the neighborhood is a crime. If the cops tell you to disperse in that situation, you have to. They can also arrest. Not that they would, but they can. It's not necessarily how every situation should be handled, but it's an option.

Is that the way this situation should have been handled, I don't think so. But the kids who were asked to leave should have done so and should not be told that they did nothing wrong.

I guess no one here has seen the Carlotta Street (Baton Rouge) block party get broken up by cops on Halloween...Public street, shite gets outta control, cops force people to go home, and if you choose not to obey, so sorry.